Love Your Husband

Part 251 - 260

After the banquet, Shen Hua urged Bai You and Li Dazhong to stay at his house, but his house was too small, and Bai You and Li Dazhong came with their coachman, maid, and cook, so Bai You and Li Dazhong stayed at an inn.

In the evening, after washing up, Li Qiao and Tao Zhu did not do prenatal education for the baby in their belly as usual, but read letters from home.

Even with the help of the Han family caravan, it would take several months to get through the letter. Li Qiao now understood the power of the five words "a letter from home is worth ten thousand pieces of gold".

Ever since he left Sanliu Village, he would think of the people and things in Sanliu Village from time to time.

care.

He had never experienced this emotion in his previous life, but he finally experienced it in this life.

Tao Zhu and Li Qiao leaned on the soft bedding and read the family letter together. Although many people in the family were literate, the letter was written by Li Yuning and Li Yu'an, a brother and sister.

"Not bad, the brother and sister's handwriting has improved again."

Li Qiao stared at the elegant and lively small characters with hairpin flowers on the paper, praising them while sighing.

The ancients are ancient people. They are much better at calligraphy than modern people like him.

"Yes." Tao Zhu couldn't help but praise her, but immediately after he finished praising her, he shouted happily: "Oh, Chuntao is pregnant."

Li Qiao took a closer look and saw that indeed, Li Chuntao was pregnant. She had been pregnant since they were still in Sanliu Village, but it was not diagnosed until they set out for the capital. Now it was more than six months.

"Then let's prepare some extra things for the baby and have the Han family caravan take them back."

Tao Zhu said happily.

"Okay." Li Qiao nodded. He and Tao Zhu had already bought a bunch of gifts and were waiting for the Han family caravan to return to Beijing.

However, this gift needs another one.

"This year's sweet potato harvest is great, and the money we get will be more than last year." Tao Zhu looked at it for a moment and couldn't help laughing again.

Last year, the Yongxing County-Tongli County model was very successful, so this year the five counties of Hexi Prefecture will cooperate with other neighboring counties. In this way, the vermicelli income that the couple can share will naturally increase.

However, because the prefect wanted to do his best to keep the recipe of vermicelli, he did not allow the counties outside Hexi Prefecture to make starch. If the farmers in these counties wanted to make money from vermicelli, they had to transport sweet potatoes to the five counties of Hexi Prefecture.

As a result, due to the limited manpower in the five counties of Hexi Prefecture, it is impossible for the county towns bordering the five counties of Hexi Prefecture to sell all the sweet potatoes to the five counties.

Therefore, even if their income will increase, the increase will be limited. According to Li Guliliang's prediction, the amount of silver they can get this year will be between 270,000 and 300,000 taels.

This is calculated after tax.

Last year it was only 220,000 taels, but this year it will suddenly increase to nearly 300,000 taels. How can Tao Zhu not be happy?

"Before we set out to Shengjing to take the exam, we have 300,000 taels of silver in cash. Add the 220,000 taels of income from vermicelli last year, and that's 500,000 taels."